Cooking utensil.



10.848,209. PATENTED MAR.26,-1 9o7. J. ROSSIGBR.

COOKING UTENSIL. APrLIoATIoN FILED Nov. 12, 190e.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JEssIE RossIGER, or `eoLcoNDA, ILLINOIS.

ICOOKING UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed November 12, 1906. Serial No. 343.049.

Be it known that l, .Tessin RossIGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golconda, in the county of Pope and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful lmproveinents in Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a specilication.

'.lhis invention is a cooking utensil, and more particularly one for cooking hominy, the object being to provide a utensil in which the honiiny will not burn and also a stirring device.

ln the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view 'of the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 oll Fig. l.

I Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes apot, which may be of any desired size and shape and has a tight-fitting cover 6,

provided with a handle l7. VInside the pot, near the bottoni thereof, are brackets 8, on which a perforated disk or screen 9 is supported.

The stirring device comprises ashank 10, extending through openings in the cover and screen, and below the latter are beater-arms l1, extending from theshank. The stirrer is preferably a single piece of wire bent at one end tofforni the arms 11. The shank eX- tends outside the cover and has a squared end to receive a handle 12, which is vremovable to enable the stirrer to be placed in position inside the pot, as shown in Fig. 1'. l

Although lthe utensil herein described is ada ted fbi* various uses, it is intended articu arly for cooking hominy, which is 'H- cult to cook without burning and scorching it unless it is continually stirred. With the present utensil the hominy is placed on the screen, and all that is required is to keep sufficient water in the pot. cles of hominy fall through the plate, the stirrer will prevent them from sticking to the bottoni of the pot and burning. All that is necessary is to give the stirrer a turn occasionally, and lthis can vbe done Withoutremoving the lid from the. pot. Withoutthe stirrer there would be no way to prevent the particles which may fall below the plate from sticking to the bottom of the pot and'burning.

l. A cooking utensil comprising a pot, a

perforated plate inside the'pot near the bot toni thereof, and a stirrer below the plate.

2. A cooking utensil comprising a pot having a lid, and a screen inside the pot near the bottom thereof, in combination with a stirrer comprising a shank extending through the lid and screen, and having beater-arms below the latter.

3. A cooking utensil comprising a pot having a lid, brackets inside the pot, and a perforated plate removably supported on the brackets, in combination wit a stirrer co1nprisinq a shank extending through the lid and plate, and having beater-arms below the latter.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSIE ROSSIGER.

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